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RESEARCH PAPER
Methods Course for Primary Level STEM Preservice Teachers: Constructing Integrated STEM Teaching
1
Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, THAILAND
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School of Education, Curtin University, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Publication date: 2021-07-26
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2021;17(8):em1996
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
A STEM methods course was developed for undergraduate preservice teachers at the faculty of
education. The course model design had three phases: 1) review of the STEM literature and
conceptual considerations, 2) planning of the STEM methods course, and 3) evaluation by experts
and revision based on their feedback. Research literature and other documentation were
reviewed. A framework and guiding principles for primary-level STEM education were developed
to identify key elements, including STEM focus/essence, student-centered, curriculum, learning
environment, and assessment. A 15-week STEM methods course was planned to model good
practices for teaching integrated STEM and to let preservice teachers confront real-world issues
and problems that arise in STEM instruction and then design their own STEM lessons or activities
for teaching. The result of implementing the STEM methods course was examined through pre-and post-surveys which showed the influence of the methods course in promoting preservice
teachers’ STEM understanding.
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